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#Corrupt #SupremeCourt #Justices #SamuelAlito and #ClarenceThomas Show #Contradictory #Stances This Term

In under a week, Justices Alito and Thomas have demonstrated how their #ideology and ties to their #benefactors shape their #legal #judgments—often in #hypocritical and #contradictory ways.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #Corruption #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/12/alito-thomas-supreme-court-term-hypocrisy.html

Major #Congressional #Fight Over #Healthcare for #Trans #Military #Families Expected This Week

A #Republican provision in the #NationalDefenseAuthorizationAct (#NDAA) blocks #Tricare from covering #medicallynecessary #genderaffirmingcare for #TransYouth under 18.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-trans-health-care-republicans-democrats-1235198473/#utm_campaign=syndication

#Washington #restaurant #illegally refuses to #cater a #samesexwedding, citing #religiousbeliefs.

Washington #law mandates #businesses #serving the #public can’t #deny #services based on #sexualorientation or #genderidentity. In 2021, the #SupremeCourt #upheld these #protections.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Washington #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews

https://www.advocate.com/news/washington-restaurant-refuses-lesbian-catering#rebelltitem1

#Daddy died a #MAGA. He was never #hateful, until he was. He was always #caring, until he wasn’t. It made no sense.

His #lastwords were #apologies for how his #Trumpism #hurt our #family. Daddy died in August of 2017.

Your #legacy is #defined by #love or #hate

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.thestate.com/opinion/article289588568.html

A #Wichita #Kansas #pastor and his #congregation #checkedout all of a #library's #LGBTQ #books so no one who needed them could #read them.

#Pastor #KyleLammott of #ExodusChurch claimed no #regrets, but made his #socialmedia #private.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kansas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-kansas-pastor-checked-out-a-librarys

A #Wichita #Kansas #pastor and his #congregation #checkedout all of a #library's #LGBTQ #books so no one who needed them could #read them.

#Pastor #KyleLammott of #ExodusChurch claimed no #regrets, but made his #socialmedia #private.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kansas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-kansas-pastor-checked-out-a-librarys

A #Wichita #Kansas #pastor and his #congregation #checkedout all of a #library's #LGBTQ #books so no one who needed them could #read them.

#Pastor #KyleLammott of #ExodusChurch claimed no #regrets, but made his #socialmedia #private.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kansas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-kansas-pastor-checked-out-a-librarys

A #Wichita #Kansas #pastor and his #congregation #checkedout all of a #library's #LGBTQ #books so no one who needed them could #read them.

#Pastor #KyleLammott of #ExodusChurch claimed no #regrets, but made his #socialmedia #private.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kansas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-kansas-pastor-checked-out-a-librarys

A #Wichita #Kansas #pastor and his #congregation #checkedout all of a #library's #LGBTQ #books so no one who needed them could #read them.

#Pastor #KyleLammott of #ExodusChurch claimed no #regrets, but made his #socialmedia #private.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kansas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-kansas-pastor-checked-out-a-librarys

#Student Hands #School #Superintendent #Copy Of “#TheHandmaidsTale” At #Graduation After #District #Banned the #book.

The #teenage #girl had a #copy of the #feminist #book #hidden in her #graduation #gown when she went up on #stage.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Idaho #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.boredpanda.com/idaho-graduate-gives-banned-handmaids-tale-book-superintendent/

#LGBTQ #advocacy #group #AdvocayCanada wants #Kelowna #Rotary #Centre to review #rental #deal with #church.

The group is urging the #RCA to #reevaluate its #policies and #procedures to ensure that everyone feels #welcome in the #community #space.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Canada #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews

https://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/486201/LGBTQ-advocacy-group-wants-Kelowna-Rotary-Centre-to-review-rental-deal-with-church

#FederalJudge upholds $360K #judgment against #RowanCounty #CountyClerk #KimDavis in denying #samesexmarriage licenses

#Lawyers, #gay #couple didn't provide enough #proof of #emotionaldistress, in asking judgment be reduced. #Judge ruled the gay couple had proved the #harm caused by Davis

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kentucky #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article287968655.html

#BathroomBills are back — #broader and #stricter — in #RedStates

At least one #bill goes so far as making it a #crime for a #transgender #person to enter a #facility that doesn’t match the #sex listed on their #birthcertificate.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.aol.com/bathroom-bills-back-broader-stricter-110039607.html

Inside the #ChristianNationalist #Church Where #ProudBoys Go to be #Baptized.

#Southern #California #pastor #HanselOrzame leads an “#unwokechurch” where he prepares his followers to wage “#spiritualwarfare.”

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.vice.com/en/article/3akex5/hansel-orzame-proud-boys-church-christian-nationalism

#Cisgender #studentathlete in #Utah #threatened, under police protection, after #Farright #schoolboard #member #implies she's #trans.

The #student's #parents are calling for #NatalieCline to #resign from the #UtahState #BoardofEducation

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Utah #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.advocate.com/news/utah-student-harassed-transgender

#Alarming #spike in #arrests and #prosecutions of #LGBTQ+ #people in 2023.

As of November 2023, 63 #UN #memberstates #criminalise #consensual #samesex #sexual #acts. It also notes that #Uganda, in particular, has been harsh on #LGBTQ+ #citizens with the introduction of its #AntiHomosexualityAct.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/12/01/spike-in-arrests-lgbtq-2023/

‘#OneMillionMoms’ #Evangelical #Christian #hategroup loses its minds over #sweet #ad with #samesex #couple. What #sin did #eHarmony commit to prompt this #evangelical #backlash? It featured a #samesexcouple in an #advert.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #OnlineDating #Representation #Culture #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews ThePartyOfHate

https://www.intomore.com/the-internet/wtf/anti-queer-one-million-moms-group-loses-its-minds-over-sweet-ad-with-same-sex-couple/

#Trans #Catholic #forced to #leave #church after #reverend’s #antiLGBTQ+ #sermon

The #trans #congregant told the reverend, “That was really #hurtful... You #baptized me."

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/06/trans-catholic-forced-to-leave-church-after-reverends-anti-lgbtq-sermon/